Questions to Ask When Shopping for a New Website

When shopping for a new website it can be difficult to make apples-to-apples vendor comparisons. There are so many options and let’s face it, it isn’t something you do every day. Below are some questions you should get answered before…

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Posted: May 16 2013

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Tags: Business Owner, consultant-alert, Content Marketing, email marketing, Marketing Director, prospect, Publisher, SEO, Social Media Marketing, Strategy, Twitter, Wordpress
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Author: Jason Kocina

I’d Buy That For a Dollar

A couple of days ago I got an email update for a Kickstarter project I helped fund. They are building a Robocop statue to be placed in Detroit. Kind of like the Rocky statue in Philadelphia. Except in Detroit. And…

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Posted: May 16 2013

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Tags: business owners, clients, community, consultant-alert, email marketing, Kickstarter, Marketing Director, Pebble, prospect, Publisher, Robocop, Social Media Marketing, tribe, Veronica Mars, Web Site Build
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Author: Shawn

How do I link MailChimp to my Facebook page?

Question: You have a business, your business has a Facebook page with followers, you created a newsletter to send to those followers; however, you wonder…what is the most efficient way to get your information out ? Answer: Integrate your Facebook…

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Posted: May 15 2013

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Tags: Business Owner, clients, consultant-alert, email marketing, MailChimp, Marketing Director, prospect, Publisher, Social Media Marketing
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Author: Alicia Ackerman

Why the new look?

We’ve been around for a while, designing websites and marketing strategies for over 15 years. Well recently we took a look in the mirror and said, ”Hmm, are we looking a bit stale? We don’t feel stale, we feel great!…

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Posted: May 10 2013

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Tags: branding, Business Owner, clients, Design, Marketing Director, prospect, Publisher, Strategy
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Author: Evan Hanson

Adobe Ends the Creative Suite and Transitions Fully to Creative Cloud

On May 6, 2013 at its Max conference, Adobe announced that they are ending the “Creative Suite” line of software and transitioning fully to the “Creative Cloud”. This affects all of the Adobe applications, including the popular Photoshop, Illustrator, and…

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Posted: May 09 2013

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Tags: Adobe, Business Owner, clients, cloud, consultant-alert, Creative Cloud, Creative Suite, Design, Illustrator, Marketing Director, Photoshop, prospect, Publisher
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Author: Shawn

Our Newest Member: Alicia

Checkerboard’s been all about “New” recently, it seems. I mean we’ve got a new website and a new logo and branding all within the last couple weeks! Well, we also hired a new employee to join us in our quest…

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Posted: May 03 2013

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Author: Evan Hanson

The Improved YouTube One Channel will Make Your Audience Tune In

YouTube is making some changes to focus more on channels and subscriptions, allowing content creators to better reach their target audience. The new YouTube One Channel layout, which is available now, brings a number of new features and capabilities, including…

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Posted: May 02 2013

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Tags: Business Owner, clients, clients alert, Design, Marketing Director, Mobile, prospect, Publisher, Social Media Marketing, YouTube
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Author: Shawn